John 11:23-26

1 Passage: John 11:23-26

1 Verse: Verse 25. Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,"

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for raising us to new life in Jesus. I am in desperate need of daily resurrection. I face death -- the wages of sin -- every day. Thank You for granting me a life that is unconquered and unconquerable by death. Thank You for giving me life in Jesus. Please, Father, help me to continually look to Him for resurrection, for new life, fresh hope, and renewed strength.

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Tomorrow's passage: Revelation 22:12-17

John 10:11-15

1 Passage: John 10:11-15

1 Verse: Verse 12. "He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for sending Jesus to be our Good Shepherd. I praise You because You own me, and because You own me You are not going to desert or abandon or forsake me. Even when the wolves are coming, when all I hear is their howling through the night, I know my Good Shepherd won't leave me. Jesus would rather die -- rather offer himself, his own flesh, to be torn apart by those bloody fangs -- than to see me snatched up and scattered away. Thank You, Father, for such perfect love.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 11:23-26

John 10:7-10

1 Passage: John 10:7-10

1 Verse: Verse 10. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for sending Jesus to give us life, shelter, safety, protection, pasture. Thieves and robbers are still prowling all around, and even though I am a sheep of Your flock, I can still hear their voices. Help me to not listen. Help me to stay close beside my Good Shepherd. Help me to rid my life of the things that steal, kill and destroy so that I may live abundant life in You.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 10:11-15

John 6:32-35

1 Passage: John 6:32-35

1 Verse: Verse 35. Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for promising us life and satiety in Jesus -- the One who comes down from heaven to feed our souls. I come to You for nourishment. Feed me today upon Your Word, give us this day our daily bread, and help me believe until my thirstiness goes away.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 10:7-10

John 8:51-58

1 Passage: John 8:51-58

1 Verse: Verse 51. "Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for promising to deliver us from death. Help me to keep Your word, so that I can walk in the truth of Your life and not in the death of lies.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 6:32-35

Revelation 1:4-8

1 Passage: Revelation 1:4-8

1 Verse: Verse 6. and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for making us to be a kingdom of priests, a society of people in special relationship with You. Help us to be what You have made us to be today. As we gather together for corporate worship, may we do so for Your glory and under Your dominion now just as we will forevermore be. Amen. Let it be so, Father.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 8:51-58

1 Corinthians 15:51-53

1 Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:51-53

1 Verse: Verse 53. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for overcoming even death. Our bodies are frail, our flesh is weak, our lives wear out -- but Your love is sure and strong and everlasting. Thank You for promising us resurrection to new life with You. But as I wait for my body to be made anew, please help me to live according to the new spirit and heart and life You have already born in me by faith in Christ.

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Tomorrow's passage: Revelation 1:4-8

1 John 5:1-5

1 Passage: 1 John 5:1-5

1 Verse: Verse 4. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for the victory that overcomes the world. Thank You that the victory comes through faith. You know we couldn't win it any other way. Help me to have the faith I need to overcome the things of this world that threaten to defeat me. Remind me again and again what it means to be born of You -- to be Your child, in Your family, Your very own son.

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Tomorrow's passage: 1 Corinthians 15:51-53

John 11:18-26

1 Passage: John 11:18-26

1 Verse: Verse 24. Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for the assurances of Your word that promise us eternal life forever with You. But forgive me for sometimes failing to recognize that Your promises are for the present and not just the future. Like Martha, I let what I know get in the way of what You ask me to believe. Your promises aren't intended to work that way. They are intended to build up my faith in You, not put it off. Help me to believe in You not only for the for the future end of all things, but also for the immediate needs of the present moment, however great or small.

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Tomorrow's passage: 1 John 5:1-5

John 10:27-30

1 Passage: John 10:27-30

1 Verse: Verse 29. "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for reminding me this morning that You are greater than all. No matter what I come up against, or what comes up against me, I know it is never able to compete with You. I am safe and secure in Your hand and nothing could ever change that. Nothing could snatch me out of Your hand. Please help me to be strong in believing this when I am faced with challenges that threaten to overwhelm me. You are greater than all. Nothing and no one is able to snatch me out of Your hand. Thank You, Father.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 11:18-26

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

1 Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

1 Verse: Verse 19. namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for reconciling us to Yourself. You are the one who reestablishes our relationship and not on the basis of my righteousness, but in the perfect righteousness of Christ. Thank You for not counting my sins, nor holding them against me. And not just mine, but the sins of the whole world. That is a good word to have committed to us. Please help me to live in the reality of our reconciliation, and help me to speak the same reconciliation into others' lives.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 10:27-30

Acts 1:7-11

1 Passage: Acts 1:7-11

1 Verse: Verse 9. And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

1 Prayer: Father, You say that faith is the conviction of things unseen, and here is a prime example. That cloud is still keeping Jesus out of sight. Even when I think I have caught a glimpse of Him by faith, it seems to vanish while I am still looking on. Help me not to trust in what I see or don't see. Help me to trust in what You say.

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Tomorrow's passage: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Hebrews 11:1-6

1 Passage: Hebrews 11:1-6

1 Verse: Verse 6. And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

1 Prayer: Father, please increase my faith. Help me to trust in and hope for the things I don't yet see. I believe You reward those who seek You. But I keep looking for my reward all the same. Teach me to seek You even when the reward doesn't appear, when the payoff is unseen, when the benefit is hoped for but not yet here. Thank You, Father.

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Tomorrow's passage: Acts 1:7-11

Jeremiah 29:11-13

1 Passage: Jeremiah 29:11-13

1 Verse: Verse 13. 'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.'

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for making Yourself available to be found. You aren't hiding from us the condition of our finding You. Help me to meet that condition. Help me to be wholehearted in my searching after You. Sometimes I feel like my heart is so divided, so broken into many pieces, that I cannot manage to search for you with all my heart. Please help my heart be whole and my search be genuine and sincere and complete. You know how much I need You, how much I need to know You. Please let me find You in the moments of my life today.

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Tomorrow's passage: Hebrews 11:1-6

Deuteronomy 10:17-22

1 Passage: Deuteronomy 10:17-22

1 Verse: Verse 18. "He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for caring for the helpless, the weak, the oppressed, the despised, the rejected, the unwanted. Thank You for providing for the needy. Forgive us when we fail to love and care for one another. Help us to become people who more fully live out Your justice and show Your love to those in our society and community who suffer hatred, injustice, discrimination and need.

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Tomorrow's passage: Jeremiah 29:11-13

John 14:7-14

1 Passage: John 14:7-14

1 Verse: Verse 7. "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him."

1 Prayer: "From now on . . ." and to forever, Father, I know You and have seen You because I have known and seen Your chosen revelation in Jesus. Thank You, Father, for making Yourself known. Thank You for initiating a relationship with me that will never end. Help me to know You in the now, not to wait to know You at some future date when I will know fully, even as I am fully known. Help me to walk in knowledge of You and in relationship with You today.

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Tomorrow's passage: Deuteronomy 10:17-22

John 14:1-6

1 Passage: John 14:1-6

1 Verse: Verse 3. "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for having a house with many rooms. Thank You for having a room prepared for me. Thank You for the promise that, just as Jesus is preparing a place for me with Him, He will also come and receive me into it so that we can be together forever. Help me to remember that, while I am alive on this earth, I am out of place. I don't belong here. Despite how hard I try to fit in, to get comfortable, to make myself a home, my real place is with You and I will be with You there forever. I want to be where You are. Thank You for wanting me to be there, too. Help me today to be where You are by faith. Let not my heart be troubled.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 14:7-14

Romans 1:16-23

1 Passage: Romans 1:16-23

1 Verse: Verse 17. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for revealing Your righteousness through the gospel of Jesus. It takes faith to see it, faith to believe it, faith to receive it, and faith to live it. Help me to live by faith. Forgive me for thinking Your righteousness could be granted to me any other way and help me to walk in the righteousness that only comes by faith in Jesus.

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Tomorrow's passage: John 14:1-6

Exodus 3:10-15

1 Passage: Exodus 3:10-15

1 Verse: Verse 12. And He said, "Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain."

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for being with me. Help me to draw upon the confidence that comes from Your presence, so I can accomplish the things You have sent me to do. Forgive me for waiting on signs. Help me to do the works first and trust that the signs will follow their successful completion. Lord, help my unbelief.

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Tomorrow's passage: Romans 1:16-23

Jeremiah 9:23-24

1 Passage: Jeremiah 9:23-24

1 Verse: Verse 24. "but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD.

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for exercising lovingkindness on earth, and not only in heaven. Help me to desire above all to know and understand You -- as You are revealing Yourself through Your love, Your justice and Your righteousness, on earth as it is in heaven. Forgive me for putting so much of my time and energy into making myself healthy, wealthy and wise -- instead of getting to know and understand Your loving and kind ways. I want to better understand Your love, Father. Please teach me.

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Tomorrow's passage: Exodus 3:10-15